In discussions of identity, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is often mentioned in the same breath as smart cards and biometrics. While the latter two are widely known and becoming familiar to their many users, PKI can still be confusing.
PKI stands behind the smart card and provides the platform for it to be successful. So with more digital identity documents being issued and PKI becoming more prevalent it’s important to get a handle on the technology. PKI can be expensive and could be hard to deploy when it was a new technique, but now it’s become mainstream and is commonly deployed in identity projects.
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